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UConn, Stanford, Tennessee and Nebraska top seeds (AP)

AP - Connecticut's path to another perfect season could include a renewal of the most heated rivalry in women's college basketball.

ESPN reporter's stalker gets 2 1/2 years in prison (AP)

AP - An Illinois insurance executive who secretly shot nude videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews was sentenced Monday to 2 1/2 years in prison after giving a tearful apology that was harshly rebuked by his victim.

Ovechkin suspended for Capitals' next 2 games (AP)

AP - Two-time MVP Alex Ovechkin was suspended Monday for the Washington Capitals' next two games because of a reckless hit.

Arenas: 'I deserve to be punished' for gun prank (AP)
AP - Gilbert Arenas says he deserves to be punished for bringing guns to the locker room.

Glamour boy Beckham to miss World Cup after injury (AP)

AP - Unless David Beckham can mend it as well as he can bend it, soccer's now-limping glamour boy will miss this summer's World Cup — a blow to tournament organizers, sponsors, TV viewers and average fans.

Jets, Giants to open new stadium (AP)
AP - Both the Giants and Jets wanted to open next season in the new Meadowlands Stadium. Both will.

Quinn thankful to get a fresh start in Denver (AP)

AP - The Denver Broncos aren't publicly saying they have another open quarterback competition on their hands.

Lee tossed, Haren solid; D-back rout Mariners 13-5 (AP)

AP - The anticipated spring pitching matchup of Seattle ace Cliff Lee and his Arizona counterpart Dan Haren ended abruptly when Lee was tossed from the game for allegedly throwing at the Diamondbacks' Chris Snyder.

Knicks win second straight on road, beat 76ers (AP)

AP - Danilo Gallinari scored 21 points, Toney Douglas added 20 and the New York Knicks won their second straight on the road by rallying past the struggling Philadelphia 76ers, 94-84 on Monday night.

Ark-Pine Bluff finally reaches its destination (AP)

AP - Boulder. Denver. El Paso. Akron. Tempe. Ann Arbor. Atlanta. Stillwater. Columbia. Eugene.

'No chance,' Beckham's surgeon says of World Cup play (AFP)

AFP - The surgeon who operated on David Beckham's ruptured Achilles tendon in Finland on Monday ruled out any possibility of the England star recovering in time for the World Cup.

Ignatiev wins Tirreno stage as Scarponi clings on (Reuters)

Reuters - Russia's Mikhail Ignatiev of the Katusha team won the sixth stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico on Monday as race leader Michele Scarponi held a narrow advantage heading into the final day.

Sedins, Luongo lead Canucks past Flames (AP)

AP - Identical twins Henrik and Daniel Sedin set each other up for first-period goals, Roberto Luongo made 32 saves, and the Vancouver Canucks hung on to beat the Calgary Flames 3-1 on Sunday night.

Djokovic dodges disaster as Nadal eases through (AFP)

AFP - Second-seeded Novak Djokovic survived a scare, but it was smooth sailing for defending champion Rafael Nadal Monday as both moved into the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open.

Lamely wins Puerto Rico Open at 19 under (AP)

AP - Derek Lamely had to contend with a rain-delayed start, slow play on a soggy course, and tamping down his inevitable nerves as he inched closer to notching his first win as a rookie on the PGA Tour.